The Primary Purpose of the System of Checks and Balances

question 37

Multiple Choice

The primary purpose of the system of checks and balances is

• A) to ensure that no one interest or faction could easily dominate the government.
• B) to ensure that the people do not become too powerful and attempt to control the government.
• C) to protect the executive branch from abuses of the judicial branch.
• D) to allow the president to be removed from office.
• E) to ensure that the government remains powerful and supreme.

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